Trabzonspor B.K.
Basketball team in Trabzon, Turkey
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Trabzonspor Basketbol Kulübü (transl. Trabzonspor Basketball Club), also known as Trabzonspor Basket or Trabzonspor, is a professional basketball club based in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. It is a department of the multi-sport club of Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor competed in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top tier of Turkish basketball, for seven seasons before withdrawing in 2018 due to financial difficulties. The club resumed its basketball operations at the beginning of 2024 and went on to win the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi championship in the 2024–25 season, earning promotion back to the Basketbol Süper Ligi.
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| Leagues | Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions League | ||
| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Arena | Hayri Gür Arena | ||
| Capacity | 7,500 | ||
| Location | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
| Team colors | Claret, blue | ||
| Chairman | Ertuğrul Doğan | ||
| President | Cömert Küce | ||
| General manager | Fazıl Uluçelik | ||
| Head coach | Selçuk Ernak | ||
| Team captain | İsmail Cem Ulusoy | ||
| Championships | 3 Turkish Second Divisions | ||
| Website | trabzonspor.org.tr | ||
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Their home arena is the Hayri Gür Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500 seats, and was opened in 2011.[1]
History
Trabzonspor's football club was founded in 1967, and it opened its basketball section in 2008. After Alpella's relegation in the 2007–08 season, Trabzonspor's board purchased all of the rights related to the team from the Ülker Group, and took their place in the Turkish Second Division for the 2008–09 season.
Trabzonspor promoted to the top-tier TBL (now called BSL), after they won the championship of the Turkish Division in the 2009–10 season.
In the 2014–15 season, Trabzonspor made its European debut in the EuroChallenge. The club managed to reach the Final Four which was played in its home arena Hayri Gür Arena. In the semi-final, Trabzonspor beat Romanian side Energia by a wide margin, 63–83. In the final, the team narrowly lost to JSF Nanterre from France with a score of 63–64. Nanterre scored a buzzer-beater which costed Trabzon its first European title.
In 2015, Trabzonspor played in the EuroCup Basketball competition, Europe's second tier. Here, it was eliminated in the Round of 32.
On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL due to financial problems.[2] Eventually, the club ceased its basketball activities.
Trabzonspor has announced its decision to return to professional basketball in 2024. After a long hiatus, the club re-entered at the Men's Regional Basketball League level in February 2024.[3]
After winning promotion to the Turkish Basketball Second League,[4] the club received an invitation from the Turkish Basketball Federation to move up to the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi for the 2024–25 season.[5]
On April 13, 2025, Trabzonspor was promoted to the Basketbol Süper Ligi as the champion of the Turkish Basketball First League.[6][7][8] They were back to top tier, after seven years break.
Sponsporship names
- Trabzonspor : 2008–2010
- Medical Park Trabzonspor : 2010–2011
- Trabzonspor : 2011–2013
- Trabzonspor Medical Park : 2013–2017
- Trabzonspor : 2017–2018
- Trabzonspor : 2024–present
Achievements
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Turkish Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2008–09 | 2 | TB2L | 3rd | ||||
| 2009–10 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | ||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | TBL | 11th | Semifinalist | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | TBL | 15th | Group Stage | |||
| 2012–13 | 2 | TB2L | 1st | ||||
| 2013–14 | 1 | TBL | 9th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | TBL | 4th | Group Stage | 3 EuroChallenge | RU | 14–2 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BSL | 11th | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 8–8 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BSL | 12th | ||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | BSL | 13th | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QR1 | 1–1 | |
| 2018–2024 | Stopped basketball operations | ||||||
| 2024–25 | 2 | TBL | 1st | ||||
| 2025–26 | 1 | BSL | 6th | Quarterfinalist | |||
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Xavier Tillman | Emanuel Terry | Ege Arar | Royce Hamm Jr. |
| PF | Brady Manek | Akwasi Yeboah | ||
| SF | Yiğit Arslan | Tolga Geçim | Yiğit Hamza Mestoğlu | Batu Bircan |
| SG | Shaquille Harrison | Isaiah Canaan | ||
| PG | İsmail Cem Ulusoy | Rıdvan Öncel | Troy Caupain |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Alper Saruhan- Berk Demir
- Berkay Candan
- Birkan Batuk
- Can Altıntığ
- Can Korkmaz
- Can Maxim Mutaf
- Deniz Kılıçlı
- Erolcan Çinko
- Kaya Peker
- Kerem Özkan
- Nusret Yıldırım
- Okben Ulubay
- Polat Kaya
- Sertaç Şanlı
- Tutku Açık
- Can Uğur Öğüt
Mitch Creek
Andrija Stipanović
Kaloyan Ivanov
Jurica Žuža
Angel Delgado
Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
Jorge Gutierrez
Kirk Penney
Damian Kulig
Aleksandar Rašić- Novica Veličković
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Igor Milošević 
Darius Johnson-Odom- Dee Bost
- Derwin Kitchen
- Dwight Hardy
- Elton Brown
- Harold Jamison
- J.P. Prince
- Jack Cooley
- Jerome Randle
- Jonathan Gibson
- Julian Wright
- Kevinn Pinkney
- Khalid El-Amin
- Marc Salyers
- Mike Scott
- Russell Robinson
- Sean Marshall
- Tarence Kinsey
- Tony Taylor
- Ty Gordon
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Marcquise Reed - - Paul Stoll
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Derrick Obasohan - - Gani Lawal
- - Michael Wright
Head coaches
- Alaeddin Yakan (2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11)
- Dragan Sakota (2010–11)
- Tolga Öngören (2011–12)
- Halil Üner (2011–12, 2012–13)
- Hasan Özmeriç (2012–13, 2013–14)
- Hakan Demir (2013–14, 2014–15)
- Nenad Markovic (2014–15, 2015–16)
- Ahmet Kandemir (2015–16)
Sergey Bazarevich (2016–17)
Zare Markovski (2017–18)- Hacı Osman Ekici (2023–24)
- Faruk Beşok (2024–25)
- Selçuk Ernak (2025–present)
